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Metaludios (piano) Métopes; Minuet in G (Paderewski) Miscellaneous solo piano compositions (Rachmaninoff) Mists (Xenakis) Moment exotique; Morceaux de fantaisie; Morceaux de salon, Op. 10 (Rachmaninoff) List of solo piano compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Music for Piano (Cage) Music for the Dance No. 2; Music of Changes; Musica ricercata
In music theory, the key of a piece is the group of pitches, or scale, that forms the basis of a musical composition in Western classical music, jazz music, art music, and pop music. Tonality (from "Tonic") or key: Music which uses the notes of a particular scale is said to be "in the key of" that scale or in the tonality of that scale. [1]
Ludwig van Beethoven wrote 2 Preludes through all 12 Major Keys, Op. 39 for piano (1789). [a] These two preludes each progressively traverse the 12 major keys. In Prelude No. 1, each key occupies from 2 to 26 bars. The keys of C# and Dâ™, which are enharmonically equivalent, are both represented. C major both opens and closes the set.
Piano Concerto, Op. 1 (destroyed, material partly used in the Piano Concerto No. 2) Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 16 (1913) Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 28, for left hand alone, written for Paul Wittgenstein (1924) Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Per Aspera ad Astra, Op. 32 (1927) Russian Rhapsody; Dmitry Bortniansky. Piano ...
Music for Piano 53–68 (for piano solo or in an ensemble) (1956) Dedicated to Grete Sultan. Music for Piano 69–84 (for piano solo or in an ensemble) (1956) Both collections were composed for the same Cunningham choreography, Solo Suite in Space and Time. Music for Piano 53–68 is dedicated to, and was first performed by, Grete Sultan. [5]
Because his first 26 published works were all written for solo piano, the first ten years of Schumann's career are strongly associated with the instrument; nevertheless, he composed and published work for the piano throughout his entire life, and Schumann's final composition, the Geistervariationen, was a set of variations for solo piano.
Piano Grand piano Upright piano Keyboard instrument Hornbostel–Sachs classification 314.122-4-8 (Simple chordophone with keyboard sounded by hammers) Inventor(s) Bartolomeo Cristofori Developed Early 18th century Playing range The Well-Tempered Clavier, first prelude of Book I Played by Kimiko Douglass-Ishizaka Problems playing this file? See media help. A piano is a keyboard instrument that ...
The modern piano has a heavy metal frame, thick strings made of top-grade steel, and a sturdy action with a substantial touch weight. These changes have created a piano with a powerful tone that carries well in large halls, and which produces notes with a very long sustain time.